vitamins

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Vitamin K2 - Menaquinone (side chain length varies)
                         (in K1 - phylloquinone, n=3)

Involved in blood clotting, possibly part of prothrombin

Vitamin C - Ascorbic Acid

Since everybody already knows almost everything about this vitamin, I'll
give the trivia a miss on this one...

Vitamin B6 - Pyridoxine

Used in the production of antibodies, manufacture of haemoglobin, and
metabolism of proteins.

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The B Group Vitamins - also known as 'Vitamin B Complex'.

There are currently six numbered vitamins and two unnumbered vitamins in
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Vitamin A - retinol

Amongst other uses in the body, combines with the protein opsin to form
rhodopsin (visual purple) in the eye's rod (night-vision) cells.

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